Meeting Preview - October 30, 2008

REMINDER INFO

Hope you will join us Thursday for the weekly meeting of the Topeka Rotary Club. Our speaker is Mary Kerr of the RSVP Program. We are in the Jefferson Ballroom in the Lower Level.

INVOCATION: Anita Wolgast

GUEST INTRODUCTIONS: John Wall

GREETERS: Ramon Powers, Wayne Probasco, Marie Pyko, Suresh Ramamurthi, James Rankin, Jim Regier

CUP MONEY –RSVP Program. RSVP is a program that mobilizes volunteers age 55 and over to deliver creative solutions to community needs. Volunteers are encouraged to use their skills and experience in service to public and nonprofit agencies. RSVP offers limited mileage reimbursement for volunteers who request it and that has become the biggest program expense. Funds will be used to reimburse the approximately 100 volunteers requesting mileage reimbursement.

RECEPTION TABLE: Staci Williams

MENU: Chef’s Field Greens w/Choice of Dressing, Italian Seared Salmon, Chicken Creole w/Lobster Sauce, Chef’s vegetables, Warm Rolls & Butter, Rice Pilaf, Chef’s Dessert Display

NEW MEMBER TABLE: Dick Knoll, Fred Gatlin, Chris McGee

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
New Member Introductions:
(1) Jamie Dultmeier, Director of Sales & Marketing, McCrite Plaza by Pat Michaelis
(2) Steven Newell, Market President, Central National Bank by Grant Glenn

District Foundation Banquet
TIME IS RUNNUNG OUT! The District Foundation Banquet is November 8, and the deadline for making reservations is November 5. We already have 6-7 club-sponsored tables, but there is still time to order one. Remember, World Fellowship Tables are $2500, and Paul Harris Fellowship Tables are $1400. Ten people get to sit at each table, and your club gets to name two Paul Harris Fellows with the World Fellowship Table, one with the Paul Harris Fellowship Table. Or, if members just want to come and bring a guest, it's just $170 per couple, with $100 going to The Rotary Foundation.

This year's Banquet will be the best ever, with our speaker being a Trustee of The Rotary Foundation, Ron Burton. Ron is a fantastic speaker--believe me, you'll enjoy him. We will honor folks who have taken part in Foundation activities--like Ambassadorial Scholars and GSE team members--and those who have given generously to the Foundation.
Frank Oppitz, a former Downtown Rotarian, passed away on Friday, October 24. His funeral was Tuesday, October 28.

Also, the October issue of the Rotopeka has gone to print, but it is available online.
Rotary International has sent tax receipts to the office that were returned to Rotary International World Headquarters as “undeliverable.” Would members please update their addresses though RI’s Data Services Department by contacting them at Data@Rotary.org If there is anything further that can assist you with, please contact them at their Contact Center at Contact.Center@Rotary.org